CHUMBY
is something i’m working on now.
WIP showing at CATCH 78
Photo by Baranova, Video by Tatyana Tenenbaum
ROYAL OSIRIS KARAOKE ENSEMBLE
THE SPREZZATURAMERON
The Sprezzaturameron is an episodic performance that takes place in a distant future where social justice reforms have been made into law. One curious resident of the society discovers a link to the past, and begins a journey of self-discovery through the media of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The inhabitants of the Sprezzaturameron, BRETT and CHET, have created an AI-driven virtual colony with funding from the sale of a revolutionary storage technology. The colony fuses its own omnipotent awareness of social issues with that of its creators, leading to its destruction.
Tei Blow / Sean McElroy /John Blalock
Digital Architect: John Blalock
Featuring:
Sifiso Mabena
Chet (AI)
Brett (AI)
SOUND DESIGN.
Photos by Baranova
ADVANCED BEGINNER GROUP
David Neumann / Marcella Murray
Primer for an Impossible Conversation
Digital Direction, video, sound design
Profile
Tei Blow
Contact
hello@teiblow.com
instagram @selectall
Bookings and Inquiries
Lucy Powis at Michael Moore Agency
lucy@michaelmooreagency.com
Tei Blow
Contact
hello@teiblow.com
instagram @selectall
Bookings and Inquiries
Lucy Powis at Michael Moore Agency
lucy@michaelmooreagency.com
Osaka, Japan->Brooklyn, New York.
Tei’s work as a solo artist and as a member of the creative collective Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble (the recipient of a 2016 Creative Capital grant) blends photography, video, and sound, mixing original and found media. He has performed with and designed for Big Dance Theater, David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group (2015 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Sound Design for “I Understand Everything Better,” which was also named the Outstanding Production), Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham Dance Company, Sibyl Kempson, The Laboratory of Dmitry Krymov, and many others. Tei’s work has been featured at Soho Rep, Lincoln Center, BAM, The Public Theater, The Joyce Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Kitchen, MCA Chicago, MFA Boston, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, The Shed, Perelman Art Center, Storm King Art Center, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Abrons Arts Center, The Roundabout, and in theaters worldwide. He is additionally the recipient of a 2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists, 2023 Obie Award, 2023 Henry Hewes Award, 2019 Baryshnikov Arts Center Cage/Cunningham Fellowship, and the 2016 NYSCA Composer's Grant.
Tei’s work as a solo artist and as a member of the creative collective Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble (the recipient of a 2016 Creative Capital grant) blends photography, video, and sound, mixing original and found media. He has performed with and designed for Big Dance Theater, David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group (2015 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Sound Design for “I Understand Everything Better,” which was also named the Outstanding Production), Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham Dance Company, Sibyl Kempson, The Laboratory of Dmitry Krymov, and many others. Tei’s work has been featured at Soho Rep, Lincoln Center, BAM, The Public Theater, The Joyce Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Kitchen, MCA Chicago, MFA Boston, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, The Shed, Perelman Art Center, Storm King Art Center, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Abrons Arts Center, The Roundabout, and in theaters worldwide. He is additionally the recipient of a 2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists, 2023 Obie Award, 2023 Henry Hewes Award, 2019 Baryshnikov Arts Center Cage/Cunningham Fellowship, and the 2016 NYSCA Composer's Grant.
Education
OBERLIN COLLEGE
Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Solo Shows
I’m interested in the media environment of the 1990s counterculture – which I discovered in parallel with Richard Foreman’s experimental theatre, the Ontological-Hysteric. I started working with music and photography but I quickly moved on to video, computers, multimedia and musique concrète, as making objects gave way to creating containers for ideas. In my most recent work, I gravitate towards immersive installation, and theater, as imperfect as it can be. Since 2007, I have been focused on works that mix found and original media and reframe them. I am always seeking ways to create bathos, a lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous. Everything is profound. Everything is stupid. I am fascinated with the way modern technology and the ancient need for meaning and connection coexist in our collective memory.
Photo by Doron Gild
Photo by Me
Photo by Maria Baranova
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
DESIGNS
DESIGNS
CV
2025
Practice, Dir. Keenan Tyler Oliphant, Playwrights Horizons, NYC
Galas, Feat. Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dir. Eric Ting, Little Island, NYC
Shakuhachi 5 - M/S/G/A Video Installation
Rheology dir. Shayok Misha Chowdhury Bushwick Starr, NYC
Sound - Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein, Friday Night Rat Catchers, NYLA, NYC
INSIDIPUSS - The Canceled Canceled Show
2024
Give Me Carmelita Tropicana (World Premiere), by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins and Carmelita Tropicana, Dir Eric Ting, Soho Rep, NYC
Strategic Love Play, Audible / Minetta Lane Theater
GIRL GROUP (World Premiere) BIG DANCE THEATER X ARLENE SHECHET, Storm King Art Center
Isabel Dir. Kedian Keohan (World Premiere), Abrons Arts Center, NYC
Staff Meal Dir. Morgan Green (World Premiere), Playwrights Horizons, NYC
The March (World Premiere), Big Dance Theater, Perelman Arts Center, NYC
2023
Kaspar (Dir. Daniel Kramer), Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
Deepe Darknesse (Lisa Fagan / Lena Engelstein), NYC
Public Obscenities (World Premiere), Soho Rep, NYC (Henry Hewes Award for Sound)
The Trees (World Premiere), Playwrights Horizons, NYC
Wet Brain (World Premiere), Playwrights Horizons, NYC (OBIE Award, Lucille Lortel Nomination)
2022
Spiral Mandala Ceremony (World Premiere) Japan Society, NYC
Angels In America (Dir. Daniel Kramer), Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
2021
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble: "The Sprezzaturameron" (World Premiere) Baryshnikov Arts Center
Sound and Video Design, Digital Direction. David Neumann/Marcella Murray/Advanced Beginner Group, "Primer for an Impossible Conversation", MCA CHICAGO, World Premiere.
2020
Sound Design, "Pelleas und Melisande ", Dir. Daniel Kramer, Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria.
Sound Design. Sibyl Kempson, " EINE BIENE IN IHREM HERZEN", Bregenz, Austria
Video Design, Kristin Worrall, “The Recipe”, Crystal Bridges / The Momentary, Arkansas
Sound Design, David Neumann and Marcella Murray, “Distances Smaller Than This Are Not Confirmed”. Abrons Arts Center, NY
2019
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, "The Road Awaits Us", NYU Skirball Center, New York, NY
Sound Design. Bard College, dir. Morgan Greene, "Promenade", Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Sound Design. Martha Graham Dance Company/Annie-B Parson, “I Used to Love You”, The Joyce Theater, New York, NY
Tei Blow & Laurel Atwell: "Entry", Baryshnikov Arts Center, NY
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble: "The Art of LUV(Part 6): Awesome Grotto!", Abrons Arts Center, NY
2018
Sound Design, "Usual Girls", Roundabout Theatre, World Premiere, October 2018
Sound Design, Sibyl Kempson: “Twelve Shouts to the Forgotten Heavens”, Whitney Museum of American Art
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble: "The Art of LUV(Part 6): Awesome Grotto!", Abrons Arts Center, NY
2017
Sound Design, Sibyl Kempson: “Twelve Shouts to the Forgotten Heavens”, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Sound Design, Big Dance Theater, “17c” Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Premiere.
Sound / Video and Interaction Design, Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv(Part 5): ROKE CUPID” at Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn, NY
Sound Design. Martha Graham Dance Company, “I Used to Love You”, The Joyce Theater, NY
Sound Design, Amanda Loulaki, “house of winds: a process for Untitled 2”, Gibney Dance, NY
2016
Sound Design. Harvard University TDM, “A Dream Play” Directed by Daniel Kramer, Cambridge, MA
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Short Form.” The Kitchen, New York, NY, January 2016.
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “This Page Left Intentionally Blank.” MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part I: Elliot.” The Public Theater, New York, NY
Sound, Interaction Design, Performance. David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group, “I Understand Everything Better.” The Chocolate Factory, Queens, NY
2015
Projection Design. Andrew Ondrejcak/Shara Worden, “You Us We All.” Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Short Form.” American Dance Institute, Rockville, MD
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part II: Starbucks Infinity.” Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Alan Smithee Directed This Play.” Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, MA
Sound, Interaction Design, Performance. David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group, “I Understand Everything Better,” Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
Original Score. Matthew Lopez, “Reverberation.” Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “Everything One in the Disc of the Sun.” Fringe Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Sound and Media Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part I: Elliot,” Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
Sound and Media Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part I: Elliot,” Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Video Design. “The Prodigal Sun.” (Video installation), Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Alan Smithee Directed This Play.” Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York
Sound Design and Performance. Big Dance Theater, “Man in a Case.” National Tour: Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, CA; Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, MA
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “Everything One in the Disc of the Sun.” Participant Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Sound Design. Alec Duffy, “Our Planet,” Japan Society, New York, NY
Sound Design and Performance. Big Dance Theater, “Man in a Case.” National Tour: Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, CA; Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, MA; Washington, D.C., Shakespeare Theater
EL DORADO: Photography Exhibition, ONE NIGHT ONLY ART, Brooklyn Photo, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “At the End of the World.” Installation and performance, Farley Post Office, New York, NY, December
Sound and Video Design. David Neumann/ Advanced Beginner Group, “Restless Eye.” New York Live Arts, New York, NY
Sound Design. Jodi Melnick, “Bird, Bear, Grey Violet-Blue.” Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY, Sound, Interaction and Video Design. The Laboratory of Dmitry Krymov, “In Paris.” International Tour: Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki, Finland; Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, Holland; Les Etes de la Danse, Paris, France; Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA; Spoleto Festival, Spoleto, Italy; Lincoln Center Festival, New York, NY
2010
Sound Design. Stacy Spence, “Eden As We Recall,” Dance Space Projects, New York, NY, May,
2009
Sound and Video Design. Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna, “Three Solos and a Duet.” International Tour: National Opera House, Riga, Latvia; The Dramatic Theater, Stockholm, Sweden; Theatre Reggio, Parma, Italy; Serbian National Theater, Novi Sad, Serbia; Grand Theater, Lodz, Poland; Auditorio della Conciliazione, Rome, Italy; Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Italy; Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam; Piccolo Teatro, Milan, Italy; Matadero, Madrid, Spain; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Kahilu Theater, Kona, HI; Ballet Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, HI; Harris Theater, Chicago, IL; Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, NOMINATIONS, AND AWARDS
2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
2024 Lucille Lortel Nomination, Wet Brain
2023 Obie Award, Wet Brain
2023 Henry Hewes Award, Public Obscenities
2019 Baryshnikov Arts Center Cage/Cunningham Fellowship
2017 Abrons Arts Center AIR Performance Residency
2016 NYSCA Composer Grant
2016 Creative Capital Award
2014 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2014 Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Studio Residency
2013 Franklin Furnace Award
2013 Connecticut Critic’s Circle Nomination, Sound Design for “Man in a Case”
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Starbuck, Jennifer Parker. Essay: “Karaoke Theatre: Channeling Mediated Lives” Contemporary Theatre Review,
Gone, Patrick Bella. Review: “A Hilarious, Heartbreaking Performance Seeks Intimacy in Online Love” Hyperallergic June 7, 2017 Online
Soloski, Alexis. Review: “Rom-Com as Ritual in ‘'The Art of Luv (Part 5)” The
New York Times. May 26,2017, print and online.
Isherwood, Charles. Review: “'The Art of Luv (Part 1),' a Quest for the Perfect Erotic Recipe.” The
New York Times. January 12, 2016, print and online.
Ryzik, Melena. “Making a Show From Found Videos, Both Unsettling and Lighthearted.” The New York Times. January 1, 2016, print and online.
Burke, Siobhan. Review: “‘Alan Smithee Directed This Play,’ at Jacob’s Pillow, Blends Three Films in Dance.” The New York Times. June 10, 2015, print and online.
Thompson, Alexander, and O'Neal, Dan. “In Which We Try to ‘Understand Everything Better.’ Culturebot. April 23, 2015, online.
Jowers, Christine. “Impressions of: ‘I Understand Everything Better.’” Dance Enthusiast. April 22, 2015, online.
Jowitt, Deborah. “The Long Journey.” ArtsJournal: DanceBeat. April 21, 2015, online.
Shaw, Helen. “I Understand Everything Better: Theater Review.” Time Out New York. April 21, 2015, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “Review: In ‘I Understand Everything Better,’ Ruthless Elemental Forces.” The New York Times. April 21, 2015, print and online.
Jenetopulos, Elliott. “Tei Blow and Sean McElroy on Their New Show The Art of Luv (Part I).” Culturebot. January 7, 2015, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “A Study of Opposites: Gibney Dance's Doubleplus Series Opens.” New York Times, November 7, 2014, print and online.
Kourlas, Gia. “Stage Is Her Playground: Jump-Rope, Fuzzy Tube and Windup Toy.” New York Times. April 11, 2014, print and online.
Conroe, Eric. “Falling Queens & Everything one: Aunts @ Renaissance.” Culturebot. September 13, 2013, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “A Monument in Motion: Rituals of Letting Go.” New York Times. June 1, 2013, print and online.
Galil, Leor. “Cheap Tunes: Frustrator's 'Anther'.” Forbes Magazine. May 30, 2013, online.
Horwitz, Andrew. “Visions of the Future at the End of the World.” Huffington Post Arts & Culture, December 10, 2012, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “A Delicate Partnership With a Room: ‘Eden as We Recall,’ by Stacy Spence, at Danspace Project.” New York Times. October 2, 2012, print and online.
Jowitt, Deborah. “Channeling Chekhov.” ArtsJournal: DanceBeat. April 13, 2012, online.
Rohrer, Jason. “Unfettered and Alive.” Stage and Cinema. April 12, 2012, online.
Boynton, Andrew. “Brain Dance: David Neumann’s ‘Restless Eye.’” New Yorker. March 30, 2012, print and online.
Larocco, Claudia. “It Could Be a Garden Party, Even the Final One.” New York Times. March 26, 2012, print and online.
Kourlas, Gia. “Through a Portal, to a World Where Listless Blue Creatures Await.” New York Times. June 25, 2011, print and online.
Sulcas, Roslyn. “What to Expect When Fairy Tales and Reality Are Just as Strange?” New York Times. February 4, 2011, print and online.
Larocco, Claudia. “Dance in Review: 'Arena'.” New York Times. April 18, 2009, print and
online.
Practice, Dir. Keenan Tyler Oliphant, Playwrights Horizons, NYC
Galas, Feat. Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dir. Eric Ting, Little Island, NYC
Shakuhachi 5 - M/S/G/A Video Installation
Rheology dir. Shayok Misha Chowdhury Bushwick Starr, NYC
Sound - Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein, Friday Night Rat Catchers, NYLA, NYC
INSIDIPUSS - The Canceled Canceled Show
2024
Give Me Carmelita Tropicana (World Premiere), by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins and Carmelita Tropicana, Dir Eric Ting, Soho Rep, NYC
Strategic Love Play, Audible / Minetta Lane Theater
GIRL GROUP (World Premiere) BIG DANCE THEATER X ARLENE SHECHET, Storm King Art Center
Isabel Dir. Kedian Keohan (World Premiere), Abrons Arts Center, NYC
Staff Meal Dir. Morgan Green (World Premiere), Playwrights Horizons, NYC
The March (World Premiere), Big Dance Theater, Perelman Arts Center, NYC
2023
Kaspar (Dir. Daniel Kramer), Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
Deepe Darknesse (Lisa Fagan / Lena Engelstein), NYC
Public Obscenities (World Premiere), Soho Rep, NYC (Henry Hewes Award for Sound)
The Trees (World Premiere), Playwrights Horizons, NYC
Wet Brain (World Premiere), Playwrights Horizons, NYC (OBIE Award, Lucille Lortel Nomination)
2022
Spiral Mandala Ceremony (World Premiere) Japan Society, NYC
Angels In America (Dir. Daniel Kramer), Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
2021
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble: "The Sprezzaturameron" (World Premiere) Baryshnikov Arts Center
Sound and Video Design, Digital Direction. David Neumann/Marcella Murray/Advanced Beginner Group, "Primer for an Impossible Conversation", MCA CHICAGO, World Premiere.
2020
Sound Design, "Pelleas und Melisande ", Dir. Daniel Kramer, Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria.
Sound Design. Sibyl Kempson, " EINE BIENE IN IHREM HERZEN", Bregenz, Austria
Video Design, Kristin Worrall, “The Recipe”, Crystal Bridges / The Momentary, Arkansas
Sound Design, David Neumann and Marcella Murray, “Distances Smaller Than This Are Not Confirmed”. Abrons Arts Center, NY
2019
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, "The Road Awaits Us", NYU Skirball Center, New York, NY
Sound Design. Bard College, dir. Morgan Greene, "Promenade", Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Sound Design. Martha Graham Dance Company/Annie-B Parson, “I Used to Love You”, The Joyce Theater, New York, NY
Tei Blow & Laurel Atwell: "Entry", Baryshnikov Arts Center, NY
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble: "The Art of LUV(Part 6): Awesome Grotto!", Abrons Arts Center, NY
2018
Sound Design, "Usual Girls", Roundabout Theatre, World Premiere, October 2018
Sound Design, Sibyl Kempson: “Twelve Shouts to the Forgotten Heavens”, Whitney Museum of American Art
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble: "The Art of LUV(Part 6): Awesome Grotto!", Abrons Arts Center, NY
2017
Sound Design, Sibyl Kempson: “Twelve Shouts to the Forgotten Heavens”, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Sound Design, Big Dance Theater, “17c” Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Premiere.
Sound / Video and Interaction Design, Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv(Part 5): ROKE CUPID” at Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn, NY
Sound Design. Martha Graham Dance Company, “I Used to Love You”, The Joyce Theater, NY
Sound Design, Amanda Loulaki, “house of winds: a process for Untitled 2”, Gibney Dance, NY
2016
Sound Design. Harvard University TDM, “A Dream Play” Directed by Daniel Kramer, Cambridge, MA
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Short Form.” The Kitchen, New York, NY, January 2016.
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “This Page Left Intentionally Blank.” MASSMoCA, North Adams, MA
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part I: Elliot.” The Public Theater, New York, NY
Sound, Interaction Design, Performance. David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group, “I Understand Everything Better.” The Chocolate Factory, Queens, NY
2015
Projection Design. Andrew Ondrejcak/Shara Worden, “You Us We All.” Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Short Form.” American Dance Institute, Rockville, MD
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part II: Starbucks Infinity.” Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Alan Smithee Directed This Play.” Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, MA
Sound, Interaction Design, Performance. David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group, “I Understand Everything Better,” Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
Original Score. Matthew Lopez, “Reverberation.” Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “Everything One in the Disc of the Sun.” Fringe Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Sound and Media Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part I: Elliot,” Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
Sound and Media Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “The Art of Luv Part I: Elliot,” Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Video Design. “The Prodigal Sun.” (Video installation), Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Sound Design. Big Dance Theater, “Alan Smithee Directed This Play.” Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York
Sound Design and Performance. Big Dance Theater, “Man in a Case.” National Tour: Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, CA; Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, MA
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “Everything One in the Disc of the Sun.” Participant Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Sound Design. Alec Duffy, “Our Planet,” Japan Society, New York, NY
Sound Design and Performance. Big Dance Theater, “Man in a Case.” National Tour: Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, CA; Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, MA; Washington, D.C., Shakespeare Theater
EL DORADO: Photography Exhibition, ONE NIGHT ONLY ART, Brooklyn Photo, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Sound and Video Design. Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, “At the End of the World.” Installation and performance, Farley Post Office, New York, NY, December
Sound and Video Design. David Neumann/ Advanced Beginner Group, “Restless Eye.” New York Live Arts, New York, NY
2011
2010
Sound Design. Stacy Spence, “Eden As We Recall,” Dance Space Projects, New York, NY, May,
2009
Sound and Video Design. Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna, “Three Solos and a Duet.” International Tour: National Opera House, Riga, Latvia; The Dramatic Theater, Stockholm, Sweden; Theatre Reggio, Parma, Italy; Serbian National Theater, Novi Sad, Serbia; Grand Theater, Lodz, Poland; Auditorio della Conciliazione, Rome, Italy; Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Italy; Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam; Piccolo Teatro, Milan, Italy; Matadero, Madrid, Spain; Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA; Kahilu Theater, Kona, HI; Ballet Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, HI; Harris Theater, Chicago, IL; Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, NOMINATIONS, AND AWARDS
2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
2024 Lucille Lortel Nomination, Wet Brain
2023 Obie Award, Wet Brain
2023 Henry Hewes Award, Public Obscenities
2019 Baryshnikov Arts Center Cage/Cunningham Fellowship
2017 Abrons Arts Center AIR Performance Residency
2016 NYSCA Composer Grant
2016 Creative Capital Award
2014 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2014 Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Studio Residency
2013 Franklin Furnace Award
2013 Connecticut Critic’s Circle Nomination, Sound Design for “Man in a Case”
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Starbuck, Jennifer Parker. Essay: “Karaoke Theatre: Channeling Mediated Lives” Contemporary Theatre Review,
Gone, Patrick Bella. Review: “A Hilarious, Heartbreaking Performance Seeks Intimacy in Online Love” Hyperallergic June 7, 2017 Online
Soloski, Alexis. Review: “Rom-Com as Ritual in ‘'The Art of Luv (Part 5)” The
New York Times. May 26,2017, print and online.
Isherwood, Charles. Review: “'The Art of Luv (Part 1),' a Quest for the Perfect Erotic Recipe.” The
New York Times. January 12, 2016, print and online.
Ryzik, Melena. “Making a Show From Found Videos, Both Unsettling and Lighthearted.” The New York Times. January 1, 2016, print and online.
Burke, Siobhan. Review: “‘Alan Smithee Directed This Play,’ at Jacob’s Pillow, Blends Three Films in Dance.” The New York Times. June 10, 2015, print and online.
Thompson, Alexander, and O'Neal, Dan. “In Which We Try to ‘Understand Everything Better.’ Culturebot. April 23, 2015, online.
Jowers, Christine. “Impressions of: ‘I Understand Everything Better.’” Dance Enthusiast. April 22, 2015, online.
Jowitt, Deborah. “The Long Journey.” ArtsJournal: DanceBeat. April 21, 2015, online.
Shaw, Helen. “I Understand Everything Better: Theater Review.” Time Out New York. April 21, 2015, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “Review: In ‘I Understand Everything Better,’ Ruthless Elemental Forces.” The New York Times. April 21, 2015, print and online.
Jenetopulos, Elliott. “Tei Blow and Sean McElroy on Their New Show The Art of Luv (Part I).” Culturebot. January 7, 2015, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “A Study of Opposites: Gibney Dance's Doubleplus Series Opens.” New York Times, November 7, 2014, print and online.
Kourlas, Gia. “Stage Is Her Playground: Jump-Rope, Fuzzy Tube and Windup Toy.” New York Times. April 11, 2014, print and online.
Conroe, Eric. “Falling Queens & Everything one: Aunts @ Renaissance.” Culturebot. September 13, 2013, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “A Monument in Motion: Rituals of Letting Go.” New York Times. June 1, 2013, print and online.
Galil, Leor. “Cheap Tunes: Frustrator's 'Anther'.” Forbes Magazine. May 30, 2013, online.
Horwitz, Andrew. “Visions of the Future at the End of the World.” Huffington Post Arts & Culture, December 10, 2012, online.
Kourlas, Gia. “A Delicate Partnership With a Room: ‘Eden as We Recall,’ by Stacy Spence, at Danspace Project.” New York Times. October 2, 2012, print and online.
Jowitt, Deborah. “Channeling Chekhov.” ArtsJournal: DanceBeat. April 13, 2012, online.
Rohrer, Jason. “Unfettered and Alive.” Stage and Cinema. April 12, 2012, online.
Boynton, Andrew. “Brain Dance: David Neumann’s ‘Restless Eye.’” New Yorker. March 30, 2012, print and online.
Larocco, Claudia. “It Could Be a Garden Party, Even the Final One.” New York Times. March 26, 2012, print and online.
Kourlas, Gia. “Through a Portal, to a World Where Listless Blue Creatures Await.” New York Times. June 25, 2011, print and online.
Sulcas, Roslyn. “What to Expect When Fairy Tales and Reality Are Just as Strange?” New York Times. February 4, 2011, print and online.
Larocco, Claudia. “Dance in Review: 'Arena'.” New York Times. April 18, 2009, print and
online.
Press
Select Press
Jesse Green, “Three Dramas Explore the Margins of the Digital Form,” New York Times, May 21. 2021
Rachel Karp, “In Performance: Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, The Art of Luv (Part 6): Awesome Grotto (American Realness)” Contemporary Performance, January 9, 2019
Gaughan, Patrick, “A Hilarious, Heartbreaking Performance Seeks Intimacy in Online Love,” Hyperallergic, June 7, 2017
O’Neil, Dan, “The Art of Luv (Part 5): Swipe Right / ROKÉ Cupid takes on Internet Romance,” Culturebot, Jun 5, 2017
Soloski, Alexis, “Rom-Com as Ritual in “The Art of Luv (Part 5),” New York Times, May 26, 2017
Burbank, Megan, “TBA Review: Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's Stealthy Mindfulness and Toxic Masculinity,” Portland Mercury, Sept 14, 2016
-Marston-Firmino, Amauta, "Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble’s The Art Of Luv (Part 1): Elliot," Howlround, February 11, 2016
- Halperin, Moze, "The Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble Presents a Chilling Spin on Puppetry," Flavorwire, Jan 12, 2016
- Isherwood, Charles, "‘The Art of Luv (Part 1),’ a Quest for the Perfect Erotic Recipe," New York Times, Jan. 11, 2016
- Ryzik, Melena, "Making a Show From Found Videos, Both Unsettling and Lighthearted," New York Times, Dec 31, 2016
- Gansky, Ben, "In Performance: Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's Art of Luv at Under the Radar's Incoming! Series," Contemporary Performance, 12 January 2015.
- Kourlas, Gia, "A Study of Opposites," The New York Times, 7 November, 2014.
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